🌻 Story: Doña Quixote y el Tesoro del Trabajo Duro

One sunny morning, Doña Quixote and Sancho Panza zipped through time and landed in a small Texas town in the year 2025. A friendly robot gardener waved at them.

“¡Bienvenidos! We need help planting our community garden,” the robot said. “But first, we must clear the rocks from the field.”

Sancho scratched his head. “¿Primero the rocks? That’s the hardest part, Doña.”

Doña Quixote adjusted her sunhat. “Ah, mi escudero, to enjoy the fruta, we must first plant the seeds. ¡A trabajar!”

Sancho looked longingly at a shady hammock with a pitcher of lemonade nearby. “But that lemonade is calling my name, Doña…”

She chuckled. “Delayed gratification, Sancho. It means waiting for something good until after we do the hard work.”

Grumbling, Sancho picked up a shovel. “Okay, okay, pero I want extra ice in my lemonade.”

For hours, they cleared rocks, pulled weeds, and finally planted rows of tomatoes, peppers, and sunflowers. Their backs were sore, and their hands dirty.

Finally, the robot gardener beeped happily. “¡Trabajo excelente! Now, you may rest.”

Sancho collapsed into the hammock. “Ay, this feels even better after all that trabajo duro!”

Doña Quixote sipped her lemonade. “See, amigo? Doing the hard part first makes the reward feel más sabroso.”

They watched the garden under the Texas sky, knowing their effort would bring good things soon.

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📚 Vocabulary

Word	Definition
Community	A group of people who live or work together
Garden	A place where plants, vegetables, or flowers grow
Robot	A machine that can do tasks, often programmed by people
Gratification	Feeling happy after getting something you want
Delayed	Happening later, not right away
Hard Work	Doing something that takes a lot of effort or energy
Hammock	A hanging bed made of fabric, tied between two trees or posts
Reward	Something good you get after doing something well
Planting	Putting seeds or plants into the ground so they can grow
Shade	A cool place out of the sun